Re: Macs - viruses

David Parker (dlparker@gibbs.oit.unc.edu)
Tue, 30 Jan 1996 23:46:40 EST

Valerie Bruce <vbruce@cln.etc.bc.ca> wrote:
> I'd like to hear from any Mac users who've had a virus on their computers
> and your experiences with antivirus software.
>
> Any problems with Disinfectant? How often do you update?

Disinfectant is the best and has always sufficed for my anti-virus
needs (since version 2.1 I've been using it I think.) Also it's
free.

> For home use I have a PC, and got the Junkie virus from the internet.
> (I'm now running fprot)
>
> I put a Junkie-infected disk into a Mac and ran Disinfectant 3.5. It
> didn't find any virus. Viruses are platform specific then?

Viruses are *absolutely* platform dependent. They cannot be spread
unless the program they have attached themselves to is run.

Hope this tidbit helps.

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